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Advertisement A friend of mine works for a major world sporting body and is on social media duty at one of Tokyo’s Olympic venues pumping out content for fans around the globe. Having spent an inordinate amount of time over the first five days of these Games on the couch in front of the television, I texted yesterday to ask what the feeling was like on the ground in Tokyo, where it had been reported locals were widely dissatisfied with them going ahead amid the pandemic. Owen Wright’s euphoric reaction to his Olympic medal highlights the difficult path he’s had to tread. ....
Owen Wright channels surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku to make Olympic history The dream Owen Wright had of an Olympic medal was the same as another famous Hawaiian 109 years ago â and that inspired him to overcome unimaginable odds, writes Tracey Holmes. 28 July 2021 When Owen Wright and the other first Olympic surfers wrote their names into the history books this past week, they were collectively channelling surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku, a three-time Olympic gold medal swimmer who hoped one day his sport of choice would also be at the Games. One hundred and nine years later, it was. Duke Kahanamoku s name was mentioned more times than I could ever imagine this past week, Wright said after winning a bronze medal at Tsurigasaki Beach. ....
What is the latest news? The men s surfing contest at the Olympics was delayed by 90 minutes on Monday due to low tide at Tsurigasaki beach, about 90 miles east of Tokyo. The International Surfing Association, the sport s Olympic governing body, said low tide combined with the shifting weather has destabilized the quality of the surf conditions for the sport s big debut. The call came at the end of the eight 1-on-1 heats for the women s competition, and now the men s game is pushed back to start at 1:18 p.m. local time. Such delays are not unusual in competitive surfing, as it is perhaps the only organized sport that is both dependent on an uncontrollable variable the weather and defined by a literal uneven playing field the ocean. ....
Les JO de Tokyo en direct – Pas de médaille pour Delarze et Röösli en aviron tdg.ch - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tdg.ch Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.